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Driving under the influence of Potatoes
The news this week is that Bayer AG is slowly reducing the production of a pesticide that regulators have determined to cause a safety risk to infants and young children. This chemical will, however, remain in use for another eight years. The EPA says the pesticide aldicarb, AKA Temik, “no longer meets the rigorous food and safety standards and may pose unacceptable dietary risks, especially in infants and young children.” I guess there were not rigorous standards in 1985 when half of the US and Canada where poisoned from eating Temik treated watermelons. For the documented case, click here. As a result, Bayer has agreed to stop producing Temik for use on citrus fruit and potatoes. However, farmers can still use it on these crops until the end of 2011.Sorry Jimmy, you are just not old enough to eat those potatoes, why don’t you go ride that carnival rollercoaster with your shotgun instead. That’d be safer.
